'YOUR BEST SHOT' GALLERY: Collection by Mike Gagnon of Franklin

Friday

Dec 1, 2017 at 10:17 AM

Each week, we share some of YOUR best photos or art work. This week we offer this collection of photos by Mike Gagnon of Franklin. These are images captured during a wedding anniversary trip to Sicily earlier this year. "We took a small tour of the island of Sicily, driving 900 miles around the entire island," he tells us. "Sicily is a unique place as it has been settled (conquered) by many different people - Greeks, Phoenicians, Carthaginians, Arabs, Romans etc. The people are extremely friendly and consider themselves Sicilians first, Italian second. The food and red wine was awesome. It is not just Italian food, but a mixture of Arab, Mediterranean, Greek and Italian food. We never had so many courses of fresh food! We saw lots of ancient ruins and temples built by the Greeks and Romans. It was an incredible trip."

Images include the Temple of Concordia, the seaside resort town of Cefalu, the Roman Theatre in the seaside town of Taormina, the Scala dei Turchi or Turkish Steps on the south coast of Sicily, the ancient town of Ragus Ibla, the hilltop town of Erice, the town of Marsala that is famed for its sweet wine, a Palermo fish market, a mosiac floor at the Villa Roman in Piazza Armerina, and the Syracusa duomo.

Have a collection to share? Email nine or more images in jpeg format, along with caption information, and photographer's name and town of residence to hmccarron@wickedlocal.com. We also accept collections of artwork for this page, for the occasional 'Artist's Portfolio' feature. Questions? Call 508-634-7584.